WunderSlider Gallery
by itthinx · Uncategorized
Also makes 29 other plugins · 21.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
WunderSlider Gallery turns default WordPress and NextGEN galleries into responsive fullscreen and embedded WunderSlider slideshows.
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
-16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “banner rotator”, “effects” and “flick” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
43 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 33.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, well behind 6.8.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4708 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.7.41; the current branch is 6.8
3.5★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4708 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 10d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 10d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| flicking your tag | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| banner rotator your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| effects your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| flick your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| fullscreen your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “banner rotator”, “effects” and “flick” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 86 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
12.9y ago
latest release · v1.3.9 · 12 Dec 2013
15
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.9 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Jan 2017
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Andrew13.2y ago
Helo, used this plugin for the last month but then i needed a functionality that is included in WunderSlider and tried to make it work Didn’t find anything on documentation or FAQ, so tried to contact support. Not a single response. And then finally i go to change the code by my own, but code was too confuse, a mix of 3 plug-ins, hard to understand. If you want this plug-in to basic, no changes and have no questions or need for documentation is a good plugin, otherwise you should look for another better plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cynthusia13.3y ago
I had a pretty challenging design to work with; the client wanted: 1. full page background photos 2. responsive 3. bullet navigation 4. editable HTML text and click-able images floating over each background image 5. swipe capability on touch screens I had a really hard time searching for a gallery plugin that could accomplish all of these – Wunderslider works great and Kento stays on top of the support questions if you get the paid version. It is worth it and I highly recommend it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Neso13.5y ago
I really do not know what to tell, this plugin saves me great amount of time … simple, easy, configurable …
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ CrouchingBruin13.6y ago
I had high hopes for this slider, because I saw the word “responsive” in the description and was looking for something for a site I’m designing to be responsive across different viewports (desktops, tablets, smart phones, etc). The Wunderslider is not truly responsive, and you can see that from their WordPress demo page. Try narrowing the page, and you’ll see that while the slider does narrow down accordingly, the height remains fixed, and the images, instead of scaling down proportionally, gets cropped. And that’s even with the slider set to a Proportional setting. To me, and I think to most people, proportional means as one dimension changes (e.g., width), the other dimension (height) should change in proportion. I’m not sure what Proportional means to the Wunderslider developers; perhaps it means that you can set the width of the slider to a percentage (or proportion) of the containing object’s width. If you wish to see how a responsive slider should work, take a look at Soliloquy (the one thing I don’t like about Soliloquy, though, is I can’t bring in my NextGen pictures; I would have to re-upload my images). One of the good things about Wunderslider is the ease at which it integrates and displays NextGen galleries, so if you have a site with a fixed layout, and you are using NextGen as your gallery plugin, this is a very nice slider. Good transitions, overlay capabilities, and captioning. Installation is a bit tricky. For those having problems, you download one ZIP file, but then you have to drill down deep (like three levels down) into the ZIP file to extract and upload these two folders to your plugins directory via FTP: wunderslider and wunderslider-gallery. Then go into your plugins page to activate both Wunderslider and Wunderslider Gallery. In summary, Wunderslider is a plugin with very strong features. It’s very easy to use and has a lot of options. But I think if you are just beginning with a site’s design, it just makes sense to design with responsiveness in mind since that’s the way web design is moving. Wunderslide falls short of being fully responsive, but I will be happy to come back to it if it ever does so.
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "WunderSlider Gallery turns default WordPress and NextGEN galleries into responsive fullscreen and embedded..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,660 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("banner rotator", "effects", "flick", "flicking" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-12-06 200+ → 100+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2023-11-28 100+ → 200+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2023-11-23 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-11-21 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-11-20 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-11-19 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-11-18 200+ → 100+ down after 410 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 300+ → 200+ down after 305 days in tier
Competes with
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